Argumentative Essay: Should Trophy Hunting Be Legal?

Will humans and animals ever get along? Will the rules made for preserving life always be followed? Is a curtain species more important than the other? The sport of trophy hunting should not be legal. Reasons that it shouldn’t be legal are that the money that is made is not always used properly, the rules and laws that are made for trophy hunting are not always followed, and there are alternative ways for Africa to produce money. To begin with trophy hunting should not be legal this is because the money or revenue that is made from trophy hunting is not always used properly. In The New York Times article entitled “Trophy Hunting Fees Do Little to Help Threatened Species” it states, “In assessing the flow of trophy hunting revenue to conservation efforts, we found many troubling examples of funds’
According to the article entitled “Africa’s Uneasy Neighbors” it states, “ Some Africans were perplexed by the furor over Cecil. “Do all those Americans signing petitions understand that lions actually kill people?” Goodwell Nzou, who grew up in Zimbabwe, recently wrote in the “New York Time” This point is true, but it is not as important because people and wildlife need to coexist. For example, the humans that are clearing more land for themselves are going into wildlife territory. According to, “Africa’s Uneasy Neighbors” article, “By 2050, Africa’s population is expected to double to 2.5 billion. People will then push into wilderness areas previously occupied by animals and live increasingly close with them.” This says that the human population in Africa needs to try there best to respect the wilds land and figure something else out because the fact that they are taking over animal territory means that they are most definitely not coexisting. So this is not helping the Africans be safe because the animals will most likely go in the land of the